BYGONE DAYS...........CLARICE CLIFF'S CAR....with myself in the driving seat and ETHEL BARROW, "The 'ORIGINAL' CROCUS GIRL", as my passenger....at one of the last great 'Coventions' with all of the 'Bizarre Girls' present
WOW!!! an old photograph taken in Stoke On Trent at one of the last conventions, I am sitting in Clarice Cliff's car, with ' THE Crocus Girl ' ETHEL BARROW as my passenger!! Meeting Ethel was a real highlight, she was such a character, and she took great delight in showing us how she painted the 'ever popular Crocus pattern' day in and day out, and I bet you never realised that the Crocus design was painted upside down, from bottom to top to achieve the wonderful full flower-head decoration … Read more